WILD about

Reading Chadwick Families, This year’s summer reading theme is “Wild About Reading!” As we ready ourselves for the break, my hope is that every child continues to read books that he or she goes wild for this summer. The enclosed reading lists feature books across age-appropriate reading levels and genres, as well as a list of my “Top Ten Picks” for each grade level. You may notice some “wild” titles in this packet—books about animals, jungles, safaris, and other adventures. These selections highlight some of the award-winning books from the past year, classic favorites, and titles chosen specifically with each class in mind. I encourage everyone to read freely this summer—these lists are suggestions, not requirements! I do recommend that every reader keep a reading log (I’ve attached one in this packet). The logs help all of us to remember the books we have enjoyed, and they help each student to see how much he or she has accomplished over the summer. When the new school year begins in September, please remind your child to bring his or her reading log into the library. We will collect reading logs, and each child that has read during the summer will be recognized during library time. Enjoy the summer break, and remember to read wildly! All my best, Ms. Herring  

Ms. Herring’s top ten picks

 

The Golden Compass By Phillip Pullman

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

By: Robert C. O’Brien

Turtle in Paradise By: Jennifer Holm

Black Beauty By: Anna Sewell

Rain Reign By: Ann M. Martin

Project Mulberry By: Linda Sue Park

Eleven By: Patricia R. Giff

Wild Born By: Brandon Mull

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library By: Chris Grabenstein

The Bad Beginning By Lemony Snicket

2015

Biographies and Poetry

Author T i t le

Babbit Jack Plank Tells Tales

Barry Peter and the Starcatchers (series)

Birney Princess and the Peabodies

Buckley Sisters Grimm (series)

Colfer Land of Stories (series)

DiCamillo Flora and Ulysses

Drake Dragonsdale

Funke Inkheart (series)

Gaiman Coraline

George Tuesdays at the Castle (series)

Gutman The Genius Files (series)

Hennesy Pandora (series)

Holm The Fourteenth Goldfish

Law Savvy

Mass Twice Upon a Time (series)

McMann The Unwanteds (series)

Paterson Bridge to Terabithia

Paulsen Hatchet

Pullman The Golden Compass

Riordan The Kane Chronicles (series)

Author T i t le Dahl Boy Fleming Amelia Lost Kamkwamba The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers' Edition Macy Basketball Belles McCallum Eat Your Science Homework: Recipes for Inquiring Minds Powell Josephine Prelutsky I've Lost My Hippopotamus Silverstein Everything On It

Summer Reading List  Fifth Grade

Adventure, Sci Fi, and Fantasy

Realistic Fiction

2015

Author T i t le Bell El Deafo Cohen Zoe Lama (series) Creech Bloomability Davies The Lemonade War (series) Draper Out of My Mind Hannigan Ida B. Hannigan True…Sort Of Koningsburg The View from Saturday Lord Rules Mass A Mango-Shaped Space Polaccio Wonder Ryan Esperanza Rising Sloan Counting By 7's Urban A Crooked Kind of Perfect Urban The Center of Everything

Author T i t le

Buckley NERDS (series)

Castle Popular Clone (series)

Gantos Joey Pigza (series)

Gibbs Space Case

Gibbs Belly Up (series)

Pastis Timmy Failure (series)

Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)

Tolan Surviving the Applewhites

Wiles Love, Ruby Lavender

Author T i t le Barber Go Long Gutman The Million Dollar… (series) Lupica Hot Hand Lupica The Underdogs Morgan The Kicks (series)

Humorous Fiction

Summer Reading List  Fifth Grade

Sports Fiction

Summer Reading List  2015

Animal Fiction

 

Author T i t le Clements Room One: A Mystery or Two Dowd The London Eye Mystery Grabenstein Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library Korman Swindle (series) Mass The Candymakers Snicket All the Wrong Questions (series) Turnage Three Times Lucky (series)

Author T i t le Broach Masterpiece DiCamillo The Magicians Elephant Hiassen Chomp Hiassen Flush Hiassen Hoot Hiassen Scat Lean A Dog Called Homeless Lewis Wild Wings O'Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Straight Friskative Dog

Author T i t le Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Curtis Bud, Not Buddy Cushman The Midwife's Apprentice Erdrich Birtchbark House Hesse Out of the Dust Hoberman Strawberry Girl Holm Turtle in Paradise Kelly The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Peck A Long Way from Chicao Peck A Year Down Yonder Selznick Wonderstruck

Mysteries

Historical Fiction

Fifth Grade

Summer Reading List  2015

Classics

           

               

Author T i t le Grahame The Wind in the Willows Kipling The Jungle Book London The Call of the Wild Sewell Black Beauty Travers Marry Poppins White The Sword and the Stone

Fifth Grade

Author Title Rating*

Star Rating (color them in or circle them): 4 stars = LOVED IT! 1 star = Not my favorite

Summer Reading Log  

Name:

 

Author Title Rating*

Star Rating (color them in or circle them): 4 stars = LOVED IT! 1 star = Not my favorite

Summer Reading Log  

Name: